Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

12/06/1941

Date of Discharge

04/03/1946

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

24/10/1914

Place of Birth

Duntroon ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Elimatta Street, Braddon ACT

School(s) Attended

Queanbeyan Public School, Telopea Park School

Occupation

Clerk

Next of Kin

Alma Kay (wife), Elimatta Street, Braddon ACT

Service Number

37260

Final Rank

Flying Officer

Final Unit

RAAF CSU

Kay was the son of Robert and Mary Kay and the nephew of William Inglis who was killed in action in France in 1916. He was born at Duntroon in 1914 and went to school at Queanbeyan and Telopea Park. After school he worked as a clerk with the Queanbeyan Council and then for the Lake George Mining Company at Captains Flat. He was a prominent sportsman, playing A grade in rugby union and soccer but is best known for playing Australian Rules with Queanbeyan and Rugby League with the Queanbeyan Blues. He married Alma Dolan in Melbourne on 5 June 1943.

He served with the RAAF in Darwin and after the war worked for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Hotel Canberra and the builder, T.C. O'Connor. Kay served on the board of the ACT Gaming & Liquor Authority and for two years organised the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal in the ACT. Robert Kay died on 17 April 1991 and is buried in Gungahlin Cemetery. His first wife Alma, who also served in World War 2, died in 1961.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Canberra Public Cemeteries http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au/cem_gravesearch.asp
Queanbeyan Age - 26 April 1991
The Canberra Times - 21 July 1943